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VOLUMEXXXV , NO . 3 S PRING 2 0 1 0 THE LUTI ST QUARTERLY Carol Wincenc: ACareer of Collaboration Thea Musgrave’s Piccolo Play: A Performer’s Analysis and Guide The Inner Flute: Advice from a Graduate Student Illuminating Tradition: The 38th Annual NFA Convention THEOFFICIALMAGAZINEOFTHENATIONALFLUTEASSOCIATION, INC Table of CONTENTS THE FLUTIST QUARTERLY VOLUME XXXV, NO. 3 SPRING 2010 DEPARTMENTS 5 From the Chair 56 Contributors 7 From the Editor 57 The Inner Flute 10 High Notes 61 NFA News 63 Notes from Around the World 14 Flute Shots 65 Passing Tones 16 Annotations 70 New Products 39 Across the Miles 72 Reviews 43 Illuminating Tradition: 38th Annual 82 NFA Office, Coordinators, NFA Convention in Anaheim Committee Chairs 18 48 From the Local Chair 85 Index of Advertisers FEATURES 18 A Career of Collaboration by Patti Adams Carol Wincenc, who celebrates her 40-year career this year with a series of performances featuring new works, plunged into her life as a flutist early and with gusto. But the winning element in her work has been in her collaborations with others—teachers, artists, and composers. 26 Thea Musgrave’s Piccolo Play: A Performer’s Analysis and Guide by Rebecca Johnson This “drama for piccolo and piano” from a composer known for her operas and mastery of conflict evokes seduction, wheedling, power shifts, and other tales that feature the voice of the piccolo. 32 2010 Masterclasses 26 compiled by Lee Chivers 50 The Multifaceted Fenwick Smith and the Elegant Leone Buyse Interviews by Leonard Garrison and Jonathan Keeble Leone Buyse and Fenwick Smith have shared close friendship and a stand with the Boston Symphony Orchestra for decades. Now they share the 2010 NFA Lifetime Achievement Award. Cover image Christian Steiner THE NATIONAL FLUTE ASSOCIATION 26951 RUETHER AVENUE,SUITE H SANTA CLARITA, CA 91351 FOUNDED NOVEMBER 18, 1972 IN ELKHART,INDIANA This magazine is published quarterly by the National Flute Association, Inc., a nonprofit organization. The statements of writers and advertisers are not necessarily those of the National Flute Association, Inc., which reserves the right to refuse to print any advertisement. 32 ISSN 8756-8667 © 2010 National Flute Association, Inc. 43 nfaonline.org Spring 2010 The Flutist Quarterly 3 OFFICERS Founder, Honorary Life President Mark Thomas 824 Charter Pl. Charlotte, NC 28211-5660 phone/fax: 704-365-0369 [email protected] markthomasflutist.com Chair of the Board Leonard Garrison Lionel Hampton School of Music Music Room #206, University of Idaho Moscow, ID 83844-4015 208-885-6709 fax: 208-885-7254 [email protected] Vice Chair of the Board Jonathan Keeble University of Illinois 1114 West Nevada St. Urbana, IL 61801 217-333-8142 [email protected] Secretary Sandra Saathoff 1515 223rd Pl. NE Sammamish, WA 98074 425-836-4758 [email protected] Chair of the Finance Committee Debbie MacMurray 4554 Leathers St. San Diego, CA 92117-3419 858-663-6389 fax: 513-492-4580 [email protected] Assistant Secretary Francesca Arnone West Virginia University Division of Music P.O. BOX 6111 Morgantown, WV 26506-6111 304-293-4841 x3191 [email protected] BOARD OF DIRECTORS Kimberly Clark (2009–2011) 15202 Circling Hawk Ct. Houston, TX 77095 281-550-4275 [email protected] Daniel Dorff (2009–2012) 221 Meadowbrook Ave. Upper Darby, PA 19082 610-306-9480 [email protected] Adrianne Greenbaum (2008–2010) 58 Ridgeview Ave. Fairfield, CT 06825 203-374-0607 [email protected] www.klezmerflute.com Paul Taub (2008–2011) 1513 25th Ave. Seattle, WA 98122 206-328-5010 [email protected] Linda Toote (2009–2012) 55 Arlington St. Newton, MA 02458 617-964-3571 [email protected] Clifford Tretick (2008–2011) PO Box 1066 Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 828-242-4489 [email protected] From the CHAIR Leonard Garrison any thanks to all NFA mem- the Gala Dinner honoring Lifetime search by level and geographic area for bers who responded to my Achievement Award recipients Leone flute teachers who are NFA members. A Mappeal letter last fall. As of this Buyse and Fenwick Smith and National new section of the site will feature thor- writing, we are on course to set a record Service Awardee Gwen Powell. Check ough information about all NFA com- for the total raised. Visit our home page for updates on nfaonline.org. missions, which now number over 50. (nfaonline.org) to see a “thermometer” We already are planning a plethora of Program notes, performance guides, tracking progress toward our goal of a celebrations of our 40th convention sound clips, sample pages from scores, $2 million endowment. year in 2012, including a sequel to the bibliographies, and discographies will be In early January, the NFA Executive popular NFA Pedagogy Anthology, a available for each work. NFA competition Committee braved 75-degree heat and commemorative issue of The Flutist winners will be listed in a format search- sunny weather for our annual midwin- Quarterly, the première of a woodwind able by name, year, and competition title. ter meetings in Santa Clarita, quintet jointly commissioned by the Profiles of all Lifetime Achievement California. We met with the NFA staff NFA and peer organizations, an inter- Award winners will be enriched, eventu- and reviewed reports from more than national “NFA Day” featuring simulta- ally with short audio clips drawn from 30 committee chairs and other neous performances throughout the interviews with them. appointees, who volunteer many hours world, and the debut of a new Flute Our recent meetings included a each year to create and implement an Choir Composition Competition, review of the NFA’s Strategic Plan, and array of significant projects. The resulting in works for the Professional we concluded that the organization is breadth of activity in our organization Flute Choir, Collegiate Flute Choir, and well on the way to fulfilling its vision: is astounding! National High School Flute Choir in “By 2012 the National Flute Association The 2010 convention in Anaheim alternating years. will be known as a premier resource promises many enticements, including The evolving NFA Web site will feature worldwide, valued by its members, and headliners from California and beyond, enhancements in coming months. relevant to all interested in the flute.” a Kids Kamp for youth ages 8–13, semi- Starting this fall, all applications to pres- Building this premier resource depends nars on career development, “Voices ent or perform at the convention, compe- on the participation of all members, so From the Deep” (featuring low flutes), a tition entries, and exhibit booth reserva- please, send us your ideas about how concert of gems for piccolo solo and tions will be online, except performers the NFA can become even more valued band, a concert of unusual duet combi- will still mail audio CDs. A search box on and relevant. nations, a new Teacher’s Breakfast. and the home page will enable all visitors to —Leonard Garrison nfaonline.org Spring 2010 The Flutist Quarterly 5 THE FLUTIST QUARTERLY Anne Welsbacher, Editor Erica Whitcombe, Copy Editor Christine Cleary, Amy Hamilton, Contributing Editors Lee Chivers, Masterclass Reporter Victoria Stehl, Art Director Steve diLauro, Advertising Sales Representative Editorial Advisory Board John Bailey Professor of Flute University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska Leone Buyse Joseph and Ida Kirkland Mullen Professor of Flute Rice University Houston, Texas Michelle Cheramy Associate Professor of Music Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John’s, Newfoundland Zart Dombourian-Eby Principal Piccolo Seattle Symphony Seattle, Washington Susan Goodfellow Associate Professor of Flute University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Amy Likar Flute, Piccolo, and Alexander Technique Oakland, California Betty Bang Mather Professor of Flute Emeritus University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Roger Mather Adjunct Professor of Flute (retired) University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Jerrold Pritchard Professor of Music Emeritus California State University–San Bernardino San Bernardino, California Eldred Spell Professor of Flute Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina Michael Stoune Associate Director of Graduate Studies, School of Music Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas Paul Taub Professor of Music, Cornish College of the Arts Flutist, Executive Director, Seattle Chamber Players Seattle, Washington Nancy Toff Music Historian New York, New York Michael Treister, MD Orthopaedic and Hand Surgeon Amateur Flutist Chicago, Illinois Brooks de Wetter-Smith James Gordon Hanes Distinguished Professor of Flute University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina Charles Wyatt Flutist, Writer Nashville, Tennessee Reviews Board Penelope Fischer Principal Flutist, Ann Arbor Symphony Member, Detroit Chamber Winds Ann Arbor, Michigan Patricia George Professor, Performer, Masterclass Teacher, Author Pocatello, Idaho Ruth Ann McClain Flutist and Studio Teacher Memphis, Tennessee John Wion Professor of Flute The Hartt School West Hartford, Connecticut National Flute Association, Inc, Staff Phyllis T. Pemberton, Chief Executive Officer Anne Welsbacher, Publications Director Madeline Neumann, Convention Director Maria Stibelman, Membership Director Brian Covington, Web Design Consultant The National Flute Association does not promote or endorse any products, companies, or artists referenced in the editorial content of The Flutist Quarterly or other NFA publications. From the EDITOR lived in Minneapolis for the last 20 the lobby, noticed a flyer from a blue- years of the 20th century, and grass band seeking another member. Ialthough my primary reasons for On a lark, I showed up with my viola, Anne Welsbacher moving there were the Twin Cities’ rich which I hadn’t played in a decade and theatre communities and the graduate hadn’t practiced for at least twice that program in journalism at the University long. group’s simultaneous gasp of pleasure of Minnesota, which spat out such stal- I was stunned at what happened. that day transcended ego or claim; it warts as Harry Reasoner, Harrison When I put my bow to my strings, wasn’t about us, it was about the music Salisbury, Eric Severeid, and Brenda whatever the vastly more talented gui- that we had produced—together.